Editorial: Will the Legislature Use These Two Bills to Steal $18B Intended for Texas...
After a year living under the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic, Texas schoolchildren are close to the end of the school year and the...
Will Texas Miss Out on Billions for Schools?
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What’s Happening?
To combat the economic downturn brought on by the pandemic, President Joe...
Is Texas Serious About Addressing Learning Loss?
Of the many problems for schools caused by the coronavirus pandemic, chief among them may be the loss of learning that students have experienced...
Texas Can Use Federal Stimulus Funds to Expand Broadband
As Texas public school leaders work through a variety of issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, one issue that seems to impact almost all...
Editorial: Texas Officials Consider Refusing $12.4B Rather Than Spend it on Children
Would you accept $12.4 billion if it was offered to you? What if you had to spend most of it on your kids? What...
Good Bill Hunting: Talarico’s Effort to Increase Teacher Pay
Good Bill Hunting is a weekly series during the legislative session where RA News will look at a bill or piece of legislation that...
Will the Legislature Use the Federal Stimulus to Help Children, or to Plug Holes...
Last week President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 which provides $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus money to...
Burrows Blinks, Vouchers Removed From HB 3
After news came out that Chairman Dustin Burrows buried language that would allow school vouchers in the omnibus pandemic relief bill HB 3, the state representative...
Burrows Buries Vouchers in Pandemic Bill
Every legislative session since 1995 a school voucher bill has been filed in the Texas Legislature. A school voucher is any mechanism or scheme...
Editorial: Abbott and Morath Need to Communicate Funding Plans for Schools
Ask any leadership expert and they will tell you that to properly lead a group of people communication is key. As we have seen...
